Wynkoop’s barrels will soon have a new home – which will make Andy Brown happy (Kathryn Scott Osler, The Denver Post)

Denver’s pioneering Wynkoop Brewing Co. is planning to renovate basement space at its LoDo home that is now home to the Impulse Theater, making room for an expanded barrel-aging program and a tasting room to show off its recent move toward more experimental beers.

Wynkoop head brewer Andy Brown said he wants to build “a nicer, classier space” for tastings, tours and more, and take advantage of the space to build a more ambitious barrel program. He said the renovation will allow the brewery to bring in foudres, towering oak barrels it will use to create sour beer.

“It’s going to be really cool,” Brown said. “It keeps me interested and challenged, and lets me make a lot more different styles of beer, which we are trying to do here. And sour beers are all the rage.”

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